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The E. E. Glenn & Co. General Merchandise store on Broadway in Eagle. The Post Office was also located in the building. There are boardwalks around the building. A dozen men and two children are standing in front of the store. "Ed Glenn was first attracted to this county by the mining camp at Fulford when that camp was at the boom stage, and later married Mrs. Belding who owned the store located on the site in the same building now occupied by...
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A cafe next to the Dotsero Drug Company, one of the buildings left from the railroad boom at Dotsero. There are two men seated outside the cafe. It probably also functioned as one of two bars in town (the other was located on Riverside Way on the river bank). The photo was printed April 2, 1933. Duplicate photo in 2008.015.
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The Gypsum Valley Grocery on Railroad Avenue was the original Lundgren Store. Adolph Lundgren immigrated from Sweden in 1907 and started the store in 1912. After Adloph died in 1916, wife Anna and daughter Minnie Lundgren continued the store. In 1920, George Beale became a partner and the name changed to "Beale and Lundgren." In 1930, Beale left and it was operated by Minnie and her brother Elmer.
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Six men examining the rubble left after the Bonar Pool Hall explosion and fire. Monday, April 25, 1932, a few minutes before 4AM, the building exploded. All four walls were blown outward and the building was in flames. Mr. Bonar's business loss was approximately $2,100; he carried $1,800 in insurance. The building was insured for $1,200. This photograph was marked Plaintiffs Exhibit A [#29] June 29, 1932. [Title supplied from catalog prepared...
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Two young women competing in a foot race down main street of Red Cliff as part of the July 4th 1919, fesitivities. J.W. Dowd Mercantile warehouse in background. Bystanders on sidewalk watching.
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The owner of the Trading Post and Ellis "Bearcat" Bearden (on right), astride the buffalo at the Battle Mountain Trading Post in Minturn.
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As part of the Fourth of July festivities, six boys visible during a foot race down the main street of Red Cliff, Colorado, 1919. Business visible: Red Cliff Statebank, J. W. Dowd Mercantile Co. warehouse, Short Order Restaurant. American flag hanging over the center of the street.
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The front of the W. J. Riley Co., General Merchandise. There are eight men standing on the boardwalk in front of the building. The man on the far right is holding a pitchfork.
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c.1890: Iron Mask Mill, Belden, Colorado. This old mill is torn down and a new one built in solid granite. Ore transport system, railcar ("Wabash" on side) and tracks visible. Snow on ground. This photograph is a postcard with a 1 cent stamp postmarked for 1911. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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1920: Flatbed truck loaded with lumber, parked in front of a building. Two men seated on lumber. Otto Bergman is on the right, the other person is unidentified. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Adrian Reynolds, Jr., a newspaper man from Kansas who came to Eagle County. He first ran a newspaper in Red Cliff, then in 1918 purchased the Eagle Valley Enterprise in Eagle, which he ran until his death in 1948.
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Howard McCain, who with his wife, Marilla, published the Eagle Valley Enterprise beginning in 1948. Howard handled the printing end of the business.
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Marilla McCain, publisher and editor of the Eagle Valley Enterprise from 1948-1972. She's sitting at the linotype, a hot-metal machine used to set type.
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Working on roof beams for Skiff's Ranch hotel (later the Oddfellows Hall) in Gypsum.
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Five boys in potato sacks, racing down the main street of Red Cliff, Colorado, as part of the July 4, 1919, festivities. Bystanders line the sidewalks and stand in the street. Visible are the J. W. Dowd Mercantile Co. warehouse and the Short ORder Restaurant. The American flag is hanging as a banner over the street.
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Sam Lemon standing next to display in his package liquor store in Gypsum. Photo was printed August 20, 1935.
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Roy Marfitano, holding the reins of his horse, in 1940. They are standing above the Eagle Bridge in Red Cliff, with the Warren family barn and corrals in the background, looking north. The Anderson delivery truck and the railroad tracks are left of Roy.
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Main Street in Red Cliff (possibly 1892-1907), storefronts visible for bakery and restaurant, general mercantile ("boots and shoes made to order") and Quartzite Hotel. A wagon and horse team are parked in left foreground. The street is not paved and appears to be muddy. "The Quartzite Hotel (sign atop building behind the flag pole on the right) was run, and presumably, owned by the William Greiners for several years between 1900 and 1910. This...
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Looking west on Water Street, Red Cliff, Colorado, in the winter. The horses and corral were the property of the Fleming Lumber Company; framing house on the right hand side of the street. First house on the left belonged to Tom Collins; second house was Earl Beck's. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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1st Street, Gypsum, looking north. J. P. Oleson's store is at left with men standing on the boardwalk in front of it. Continuing down the street are the Gypsum Bank, the Staup Hotel (which was later the Traveler's Hotel), the pool hall and at the end of the street, the Gypsum Depot. -- John Flynn, Jr., letter of Dec. 20, 1995 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]